嚿 (gau6 | huo4) : [粵] [classifier] a (thick) piece of

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嚿

gau6

huo4

[粵] [classifier] a (thick) piece of (e.g. of rock; soap; ginger; charcoal)

Stroke count: 21

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

嚿

This word has been viewed 6177 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 25th May 2007 12:42 and last edited on 2nd Jan 2019 23:18

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大嚿衰 daai6 gau6 seoi1 = a nasty or obnoxious person 粵

一嚿飯 jat1 gau6 faan6 = an idiot (lit., "a lump of rice") 粵

嚿水 gau6 seoi2 = a 100 (HK) dollar bill 粵

生嚿叉燒好過生你 saang1 gau6 caa1 siu1 hou2 gwo3 saang1 nei5 sheng1 huo4 cha1 shao1 hao3 guo4 sheng1 ni3 = I wish I never gave birth to you; it would be better to have given birth to a cha siu than to give birth to you 粵

一嚿雲 jat1 gau6 wan4 = not clear 粵

一嚿 jat1 gau6 yi1 huo4 = one piece; one chunk 粵

一嚿水 jat1 gau6 seoi2 yi1 huo4 shui3 = one hundred bucks 粵

一嚿嘢 jat1 gau6 je5 yi1 hu4 ye3 = (slang) HK$100 粵

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佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]

呢嚿肉鬼咁韌嚙極都唔入粵
This piece of meat is too tough. I just cannot bite on it.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 嚿
Unicode code for this character: U+56bf (off-site link)

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